'could carry but little aboard, by reafon of the great Diftance 
from the Sea-fide. The 27th, we failed in the Morning 
tvith the Land-wind •, about Noon the Sea- wind blew;, and, 
at Night, we anchored at fixteen Fathoiri Water, near a 
frnall rocky Me-, fixteen Leagues Well: from Port Angels , 
and half a Mile from the Continent. The 28 th, we con- 
tinued our Voyage with the Land-wind ; the Sea-wind 
blew hard in the Afternoon, and, at Night, we met with 
the other two Canoes we had fent out from Guatulco ■, they 
had been as far as the Port of Acapulco \ and, in their Return, 
took in frefh Water in fpite of 1 50 Spaniards that would 
have oppofed it. Thence they came into a Salt-water Lake, 
or Pond, oh the Banks of which finding Abundance of 
dry Filh, they brought fome aboard us. As we were juft 
off this Lake, we fent twelve Men in a Canoe for more 
Fifth The Entrance of the Lake is clofely hemm’d in with 
Rocks on both Sides, that the Paffage betwixt them is not 
above Piftol-fhot over, but within the Lake is a confidera- 
ble Compafs. The Spaniards , being alarmed already, now 
feeing our Canoes before the Lake, polled themfelVes be- 
hind the Rocks, and fired fuch a Volley of Shot upon our 
Canoe, at her entering into the Pond, that they wounded 
five of our Men : However, our People rowed forward 
into theLagune, or Pond, out of Gun-lhot, where they ftaid 
two Days and three Nights, not daring to attempt to re- 
pafs the lame Way they came: At laft Captain Tcwnly , 
who lay nearer to the Shore than we, hearing the firing of 
fome Guns that Way, manned one of his Canoes, and, 
beating the Spaniards from the Rocks, opened them a free 
Paffage ; fo they returned aboard Odiober 31. This Lagune 
is in 1 6° 40' North Latitude. 
44. November 2. we paffed by the Rock of Algatrofs ; 
the Land near it is high, woody, and mountainous in the 
Country ; fix Miles to the Weft of the faid Rock, lie (even 
or eight white Cliffs to the South by Weft, whereof a 
large Shole runs out five Miles at Sea. Two Leagues to 
the Weft of thefe Cliffs is an handfome River, having a 
frnall Ille at its Entrance : The Eaft Chanel is Ihallow and 
iandy, but that to the Weft will admit of Canoes. The 
3d, we came to an Anchor oppofite to this River, one 
Mile and an half to Shore, at fourteen Fathoms. The 
Spaniards having call up an Intrenchment along the Weft 
Chanel, defended by 200 Soldiers, we landed our Men, and 
forced them thence with little Oppofition : We found here 
a good Quantity of Salt, defigned for the halting the Filh 
they take in the Lake •, but we faw no Nets, Hooks, 
or Lines, nor any Bark, Canoe, or Boat. Marching three 
Leagues into the Country, we took a Mulatto Prifoner, 
who informed us, that lately there was a flout Ship come 
from Lima to Acapulco : Captain Lownley Handing in need 
of a better Ship than that which he poffeffed, it was agreed 
(though not without fome Oppofition from Captain Swan) 
to fetch the faid Ship out of that Harbour. The 5th, 
we continued coafting to the Weft toward Acapulco : The 
yth, twelve Leagues from the Shore we faw the high Land 
of Acapulco , very remarkable for a round Hill betwixt two 
Other Hills ; the Weftermoft being the largeft and higheft, 
with two Hillocks on the Top ; but the Eaftermoft is 
higher and more peaked than the Middlemoft. Acapulco 
is a Town and Harbour, at 17 0 North on the Weft Side 
of the Continent, belonging to the City of Mexico , being 
the only Place of Commerce on the Weft Coaft, though, at 
the fame time, there, are only three Ships that come hither, 
viz. two that go constantly every Year betwixt this Port 
and Manilla in Laconia, one of the Philippine Mands, 
and another once a Year to and from Lima. This laft 
comes to Acapulco about Chriftmas , laden with Quickfilver, 
Cocoa, and Pieces of Eight, and ftays there till the Manilla 
Ships arrive •, from thefe the takes in her Cargo of Spices, 
Calicoes, Mullins, &c. for Peru, and fo. returns to Lima. 
This is but a moderate Veffel, but the two Ships from 
Manilla carry about 1000 Tons : Thefe two fo order their 
Voyage, as that one or other of them is always at Manilla : 
One of them fetsSail from Acapulco about the Beginning of 
April, and, after fixty Days, touches at Guam, one of the 
Ladrone Hies, for Refreftiments : After three Days Stay, Ihe 
continues her Voyage to Manilla, where Ihe commonly 
arrives in June. Soon after, the other Ship being ready to 
fail from Manilla with the Eaft India Commodities, Ihe 
fleers her Courfe thence to thirty-fix or forty Degrees North 
Latitude, before Ihe can get the Wind to carry her into the 
Coaft of America ; firft, Ihe falls into the Shore of Califor- 
nia ; and then, coafting to the South, certainly meets a 
Wind to bring her to Acapulco. After ihe has made the 
Cape of St. Lucas , , the South Point of California , ftie runs 
over to Cape Corientes at 20° North Latitude, whence Jhe 
coafts to Sallagua ; where, having put alhore the Paijen- 
gers bound for the City of Mexico , Ihe continues coafting 
along to Acapulco, which commonly happens about Chrift ■* 
mas *, and, upon her Return to Manilla, the other Ship 
undertakes her Voyage to Acapulco, a Port fo large and 
convenient, as to be able to contain fome Hundreds of 
Ships without Danger; Crofs the Entrance of the Har- 
bour is a low Ille, one Mile and a half long, and half a 
Mile broad, ftretchiiig from Eaft to Weft. At each End 
is a deep Chanel for the Entrance of their Ships, and their 
coming out, provided they enter with the Sea-wind, and 
come out with the Land-wind, and thefe blow at ftated 
Times of the Day or Night. The Chanel at the Weft 
End is narrow, but fo deep, that there is no Anchorage : 
Through this the Ships come in from Manilla, but the 
Ships from Lima pafs through the South-weft Chanel. 
The Harbour runs in eight Miles to the North ; then* 
clofing up in a narrow Chanel, goes a Mile farther to the 
Weft. At the Entrance of this Chanel, on the North- 
weft Side, juft by the Sea-fide, Hands the Town of Aca- 
pulco, near which is a Platform with a good Number of 
Guns j and over-againft the Town, on the Eaft Side, ftands 
a ftrong Caftle, defended by no lefs than forty great Guns 5 
Ships commonly ride within Reach of this Caftle, at the 
Bottom of the Harbour. Captain Lownley went with 140 
Men, in twelve Canoes, to fetch out the Lima Ship ; but, 
by Strefs of Weather, was forced into Port Marquis , a 
good Harbour, a League Eaft of the Port of Acapulco z 
Here they ftaid all Day, and the next Night rowed foftly 
to Acapulco , where they found the Ship riding at Anchor 
100 Yards from the Caftle and Platform; fo that, finding 
it impoffible to carry her off, he returned much diffatif- 
fied. The nth, we failed farther to the Weft, with the 
Land-wind at North-eaft. As the Sea-winds are here at 
South-weft, we failed along a fandy Bay, twenty Leagues 
in Length, where there was good Anchorage two Miles 
from the Shore •, but the Sea-waves fell with luch Violence 
againft it, that there is no fafe Landing-place. Near the 
Sea-fide the Grounds are low, and abound with Trees, eipe- 
daily with fpreading Palm-trees, which are fometimes 
twenty or thirty Feet high, but no bigger than an ordinary 
Alh. The Country is intermixed with many fmall Hills, 
which are, for the moft part, barren ; but the Valleys very 
fertile. At the Weft End of this Bay, jets out into the 
Sea the Hill of Petaplan , at iy° 20' North Latitude, 
being a round Point, that appears like an Me at Sea. A little 
farther to the Weft, is a little Knot of round Hills : We 
entered betwixt thefe and the Point, where we anchored 
at the North-weft Side of the Hill, at eleven Fathom Wa- 
ter. Here we fent 170 Men alhore ; who, marching four- 
teen Miles into the Country, came to a wretched Indian 
Village, left by the Inhabitants ; fo that we met with no- 
body but a Mulatto Woman, with four fmall Children i 
Being brought aboard, ftie declared, that a Caravan of 
Mules, laden with Flour and other Goods, defigned for 
Acapulco, had ftopt their Journey on the Road to the Weft 
of this Village. So we failed farther to the Weft the 1 8th, 
about two Leagues, to a Place called Chequetan, a pretty 
good Harbour, having the Conveniency of a frefh-water 
River, and Abundance of Wood : We landed ninety -five 
Men the 9th, in fix Canoes, (having the Mulatto Woman 
for their Guide) at Eftapa, a League Weft of Chequetan z 
Hence they were carried by their Guide through a pathlefs 
Wood, by a River-fide, into a Plain, near which, in a 
Farm-houfe, they found the Caravan, confifting of fixty 
Mules, laden with Flour, Chocolate, Cheefes, and Earth- 
ern-ware •, all this they carried, except the earthen Vefi* 
fels, with fome Beef they had killed, and brought to their 
Canoes, and thence to our Ships. Captain Swan went 
afterwards alhore, and killed eighteen Cows more without 
the leaft Oppofition. The Country is woody, but fertile, 
and watered with many Rivers and Rivulets.- 
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